Pink Floyd is one of those bands just like The Beatles everyone has heard of them in some way or form. A song that everyone has heard by Pink Floyd even though may not know it is the song “Money” from one of their biggest selling albums of all time “The Dark Side of the Moon”. Pink Floyd started of in London in 1964 from the ashes of a band called Sigma 6 after toying the the sound for a while eventually Pink floyd was formed and ready to go.
Pink Floyd, The Media, Technology, cultural influence, and peace movement.
Pink Floyd over the years have been have been known over the years for their massive hit of an album Dark Side of the moon and through the controversial concert Games for man that has been timeless through the ages. As Roger …show more content…
Pink Floyd have had many influences over the years musically. To start of with lets talk about the other artists that have influenced them over the years and made them one of the greats that we all know them as today.
Pink Floyd have been influenced by a great deal of artists since their start in 64. like all musicians, the members of Pink Floyd have their favorite artists from the pop, rock, and jazz fields. To start with lets talk about Bob Dylans influences on the band, An entire generation of British musicians including, David Gilmour, and Roger Waters. Artists like Pink Floyd and many others grew up believing in Bob Dylan’s message: “that you could write from the heart and do it with a belief in classic folk-oriented song structure that owed much to the British folk tradition”. (Pink Floyd FAQ: Everything left to know… And more... …show more content…
The Beatles and the so called Beatlemania began in their hometown of Liverpool in December 1961 which was brought on by sheer luck. Mersey Boat a local music magazine wrote an article that was spurred on by a popularity poll ran by them to search out fresh talent which gave them a massive following in the local area. Long before it was “cool” a great deal of people had already coined the Beatle-hairstyle throughout Liverpool. Shortly after this the band was introduced to George Martin and Brian Epstein. Two years after this momentous meeting The Beatles had become one of the most famous and popular bands in England. The Beatles shot to stardom after their first two singles “love me do” and “please please please” aired on the radio and on the TV show (Matzner 51). After the shot to stardom in the UK The Beatles became a fashion icon, but not just any icon, people were imitating the haircuts, clothes and even the mannerisms of the band, they became legends and became the epitome of fashion.This fashion was called Beatlemania, “Beatlemania’ was a term coined in the Daily Mirror in 1963” (Matzner 124). At first this adoration of the Beatles only applied to the young following of the band, as Beatlemania went on this fad spread almost like a disease to everyone who would take in the fashion that was Beatlemania, people of all ages from teenagers, adults, and
Pink Floyd, The Media, Technology, cultural influence, and peace movement.
Pink Floyd over the years have been have been known over the years for their massive hit of an album Dark Side of the moon and through the controversial concert Games for man that has been timeless through the ages. As Roger …show more content…
Pink Floyd have had many influences over the years musically. To start of with lets talk about the other artists that have influenced them over the years and made them one of the greats that we all know them as today.
Pink Floyd have been influenced by a great deal of artists since their start in 64. like all musicians, the members of Pink Floyd have their favorite artists from the pop, rock, and jazz fields. To start with lets talk about Bob Dylans influences on the band, An entire generation of British musicians including, David Gilmour, and Roger Waters. Artists like Pink Floyd and many others grew up believing in Bob Dylan’s message: “that you could write from the heart and do it with a belief in classic folk-oriented song structure that owed much to the British folk tradition”. (Pink Floyd FAQ: Everything left to know… And more... …show more content…
The Beatles and the so called Beatlemania began in their hometown of Liverpool in December 1961 which was brought on by sheer luck. Mersey Boat a local music magazine wrote an article that was spurred on by a popularity poll ran by them to search out fresh talent which gave them a massive following in the local area. Long before it was “cool” a great deal of people had already coined the Beatle-hairstyle throughout Liverpool. Shortly after this the band was introduced to George Martin and Brian Epstein. Two years after this momentous meeting The Beatles had become one of the most famous and popular bands in England. The Beatles shot to stardom after their first two singles “love me do” and “please please please” aired on the radio and on the TV show (Matzner 51). After the shot to stardom in the UK The Beatles became a fashion icon, but not just any icon, people were imitating the haircuts, clothes and even the mannerisms of the band, they became legends and became the epitome of fashion.This fashion was called Beatlemania, “Beatlemania’ was a term coined in the Daily Mirror in 1963” (Matzner 124). At first this adoration of the Beatles only applied to the young following of the band, as Beatlemania went on this fad spread almost like a disease to everyone who would take in the fashion that was Beatlemania, people of all ages from teenagers, adults, and